2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow. Eastbourne UK local election 2004 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election. Conservatives in blue and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

The 2004 Eastbourne Borough Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Eastbourne Borough Council in East Sussex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council from the Liberal Democrats. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Background

10 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Old Town ward after Liberal Democrat councillor Bert Leggett stood down. [3]

During the campaign both the national Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy and Conservative leader Michael Howard came to Eastbourne to support their parties. [3] [4]

Election result

The Conservatives gained a seat from the Liberal Democrats to take a one-seat majority on the council with 14 councillors, compared to 13 for the Liberal Democrats. [5] The Conservative gain came in Old Town ward, where Conservative Simon Herbert gained one of the two seats from the Liberal Democrats with 1,926 votes, while Liberal Democrat Maurice Skilton held the other seat with 1,854 votes. [3] Overall turnout at the election was 40.97%, up from 33.6% at the 2003 election. [6]

Eastbourne local election result 2004 [2] [6]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 510+150.050.315,709+0.8
  Liberal Democrats 501-150.036.011,230-3.2
  Green 00000.07.92,464+3.8
  Labour 00000.05.91,827-0.8

Ward results

Devonshire [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Bannister1,17744.7−13.4
Conservative Kenneth Graham1,04039.5+5.2
Green Clive Gross2399.1+1.5
Labour Richard Goude1786.8+6.8
Majority1375.2−18.5
Turnout 2,63435.3+8.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Hampden Park [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Thompson98844.9−5.0
Conservative Edward Abella63628.9+7.3
Labour David Brinson35616.2−6.7
Green Leslie Dalton22210.1+4.5
Majority35216.0−10.9
Turnout 2,20231.6+5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Langney [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Irene Sims1,21049.8+2.9
Conservative Thomas Walters92137.9−3.0
Labour Steven Scott1646.7−2.0
Green Christine Quarrington1375.6+2.1
Majority28911.9+5.9
Turnout 2,43234.1+10.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Meads [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barry Taylor2,67271.2−0.1
Liberal Democrats Steven Wallis58915.7−1.1
Green Kate Arnold2717.2+2.2
Labour Dennis Scard 2215.9−1.1
Majority2,08355.5+1.0
Turnout 3,75349.6+10.2
Conservative hold Swing
Old Town (2 seats) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Herbert1,926
Liberal Democrats Maurice Skilton1,854
Conservative John Stanbury1,816
Liberal Democrats Patricia Habets1,739
Green Catharine Birchwood355
Green Jocelyn McCarthy289
Labour Jonathan Pettigrew155
Labour Robert Rossetter132
Turnout 8,26654.9+8.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Ratton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Barbara Goodall2,22765.8+1.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Durrant70220.7−2.7
Labour Martin Falkner2336.9−0.5
Green Kevin Moore2256.6+2.2
Majority1,52545.0+3.6
Turnout 3,38744.7+8.6
Conservative hold Swing
St Anthony's [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jon Harris1,44147.1−7.1
Conservative Judith Kim-Symes1,20039.2+6.6
Green Hugh Norris2427.9+7.9
Labour Nora Ring1765.8−1.8
Majority2417.9−13.8
Turnout 3,05938.4+7.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Sovereign [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Williams1,51759.4+4.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Salsbury80631.6−13.7
Green Nancy Dalton2299.0+9.0
Majority71127.9+18.5
Turnout 2,55238.1+0.3
Conservative hold Swing
Upperton [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Lacey1,75459.6+3.2
Liberal Democrats Patrick Rodohan72424.6−7.6
Green Finbar O'Shea2558.7+3.2
Labour Margaret Pettigrew2127.2+1.4
Majority1,03035.0+10.8
Turnout 2,94540.1+5.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "Eastbourne council". BBC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Local elections 2004" (PDF). House of Commons Library. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Local elections: Tory joy in Eastbourne". The Argus . 14 June 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  4. "Kennedy on electoral trail". The Argus . 19 May 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. Lydall, Ross (11 June 2004). "Tories claim to have turned tide". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results of elections held Thursday 10 June 2004". Eastbourne Borough Council. Archived from the original on 28 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2011.